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Top Stories: Funeral Services For Dallas Police Officer Rogelio Santander

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The top local stories this morning from KERA News:

Funeral services begin later this morning for Dallas police officer Rogelio Santander. The 27 year-old died last week of injuries after he was shot during a confrontation with a shoplifter at a Home Depot store.

Services get underway at 11 a.m. at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall. Santander will be buried at Restland Cemetery on Greenville Avenue.

Other stories this morning:

  • Having earned failing grades for five years or more, seven North Texas schools in the next few months could face either a shutdown or a state takeover of their district. The same could happen to an elementary school in southeast Fort Worth if it doesn't improve in two years.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.